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Ayurvedic hospitals to admit Covid-19 patients-BY UDITHA KUMARASINGHE Source:Sundayobserver State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Sisira Jayakody said a decision has been taken to convert all 118 Ayurvedic hospitals countrywide into intermediate care centres that have a capacity of over 5,000 beds to treat Covid-19 patients. Discussions have already been conducted to seek the assistance of over 1,000 doctors and nursing staff in the Ayurvedic hospital system on the Government’s program to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, he told the Sunday Observer yesterday. State Minister Jayakody also held a crucial discussion with State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle on Thursday (May 6) to expedite the use of the 5,000 beds in the Ayurvedic hospital system to manage the third wave of Covid-19. ...